The Black Corleones 2: Love Ain't Loyal (13 page)

“Stop playing
, Joe,” Seven joked.

“I
’m not playing. This nigga is about to hit us with two hundred keys a month at forty five hundred a key.”

“Oh shit.
So, what you saying is, we can cop what we want when we want. No re-up rules?” Meko inquired.

“That’s exactly what I’m
saying. But we gon’ do things a little different though. We gon’ keep copping from my pops and keep our sets booming with that, and just hit our expansion with what we get from Paoulo. Only niggas moving major weight get this work outside of our expansions, and I’m gon’ take that meeting with them Atlanta boys and work a deal with them. This is the big time fellas.”

“Are we ready for this
, SC?” Chase asked.

“My pops feel
s we are, so I say we are,” he responded. “I’m going to consult my brothers tomorrow about this and that….”

Just as he was finishing his statement Cesar pulled up. He wasn’t to
o enthused about being there, but he had to keep up appearances, plus Valli called him about his re-up just as Samir had asked him to.

Cesar spoke to his crew and went inside to handle his business with Valli. After 20 minutes
, he emerged from the house carrying the duffle bag containing the work that was supposed to be going to his sets, but instead, it was being supplied to the Oglesby boys.

“
What’s up family, what we meeting about?” he casually asked.

“Had you been here when the rest of us got here you would
’ve known,” Meko barked.

“Mek what’s the deal with you? I’m here now aren’t I
?” he tried to keep the peace.

“Yea Joe
, you here now,” Meko decided not to let himself get upset behind Cesar. He knew eventually he would slip up, and he would be right there waiting for him.

“
We were meeting about our new connect my pops just linked us with,” Samir interrupted.

“New connect
, what you mean new connect?”

“My pops linked me with a Spanish nigga named Paoulo. My pops can
’t take on another connect cuz’ he dealing with the Colombians, so he passed it along to me.”

“
What this Spanish papi talking about?”

“He’s talking at least
two hundred a month at forty five hundred a unit.”

“Damn, those are big numbers, how we gon’ move that kinda of work?”

“You really should have been here when SC called the meeting
, Joe. This shit is annoying,” Seven Chimed in, “As a matter of fact, what’s so important that you ain’t never around, aren’t you apart of this family?”

“I been a
part of this family from day one, so don’t ever question my involvement in some shit I helped start. I don’t need to be around you niggas twenty four seven. I mean damn, I do have sets to fucking run,” Cesar snapped.

“Well
, if you were running your shit effectively that shit would practically run itself. My shit run so smooth I only got go around on collect day,” Chase added in his calm demeanor.

“Good for you nigga
,” Cesar snapped at him.

“Look
, now ain’t the time for this shit. We don’t need to be falling apart right now, not with this fucking shit in our laps. This shit is about to make us multimillionaires, and I really don’t wanna hear this shit. We sound like females. We’ll deal with this later.”

“I ain
’t the one with the problem, these niggas always starting shit,” Cesar told him.

“I don’t care
, Joe, damn. To answer your question, we’re gonna use the new work to supply our expansions and keep copping from my pops to supply our home front. I’m going to Atlanta to fuck with some niggas out there, so that’s another avenue. Our niggas in Virginia move big numbers, so we’ll supply them with this shit, and only niggas copping major units. Next Week we’re going to Gurney to meet with Paoulo as unit, everybody needs to be there. Now, if you niggas don’t mind, I promised Ms. Khloe a dinner date, so I’m going home,” Samir told them as he ended their meeting.

“SC
, ask Khlo if she going with Kaiyah tomorrow to pick out salons,” Seven asked.

“Why is Kai still
running around, ain’t y’all about to have a baby any second now?” Samir asked as he got in his car.”

“Yea
, but you know she hard headed as hell. I promised her when she graduated I would buy her a salon; she won’t let that shit go.”

“You niggas are
whipped,” Meko laughed from his car window

“Sprung as fuck
!” Chase chimed in.

“Yeah
, okay, I’m whipped alright. That’s why you two niggas together, looking for pussy when I already got it at home, waiting for me,” Samir joked.

On the outside looking in The Corleones seemed to be living the life. Their reign in the drug game was only getting better. It seemed as if they had
it all. Investments, hood fame, love and money, but their foundation was cracking right under them and they couldn’t feel it.

As they continued to move in their success
, Cesar’s greed was getting the best of him. His insatiable appetite for being the man was only growing bigger. Seven, Meko, Chase and Samir didn’t realize that this new opportunity would be more of a curse than a blessing.

Chapter Thirteen

“You nervous bro?” Chase asked Seven as they awaited the arrival of the first born Black Corleone baby.

“Naw
, I’m not nervous, I’m just anxious to finally meet my little man.”

“I can’t believe one of us is about to have a baby. I can’t lie to you fam, I’d be nervous as shit right now. Fatherhood is a big step
,” Samir chimed in.

“Yea
, but I’m excited about it. I didn’t have a father around, so I’m glad that I got a son to be the kind of father he wasn’t. I envied the relationship you and your pops got, SC, cuz’ I always wanted that shit.”

“Look at it this way Sev, at least you got a chance
to change that never ending cycle of little niggas coming up without a pops,” Meko added.

The impending birth of Seven’s son brought out a softer side of the otherwise serious business savvy Corleones. They never thought their lives would chan
ge so much the day got together at Meko’s grandmother’s house to devise their takeover in Chicago’s drug world. Now, one of them was about to become a father.

They did everything as a unit
, so it was no surprise that they would be together at the hospital awaiting the arrival of Seven’s son. But there was one person who was absent to the occasion, and it happened to be Cesar.

It had gotten to a point where t
he other Corleones stop expecting Cesar to be around for their milestones, and he was rarely around for their business matters.

It had been two weeks since their last meeting in the gardens and Cesar was missing in action ever since. Samir was still waiting on word from Valli
, but he made sure to put Meko’s soldier Carlos on the job.

He was determined to find out what Cesar was up to.
He tried not to think about the game with his Godson about to be born at any moment, but the fact was, they never truly got away from who they had become.

“
What happened when you went to see Sin and Ace, Joe?” Meko asked as they headed to the hospital cafeteria.

“They got on my ass about this Cesar shit
,” Samir replied.

“Oh word. What did they say?”

“You know Sincere. He was just like, the shit didn’t look good, especially in front of everybody, and basically, why am I’m pretending like I don’t see what’s happening right under my nose.”

“Did you tell them about the extra work he copping
?”

“Hell naw
, Joe, that shit would have made things worst. My brothers are already on edge about missing out on showing me the ropes, and plus they feel like they gotta protect me, and they cant.”

“Did they tell you how to move about this situation
?”

“Ace said don’t make no sudden moves until I know for sure what
’s going on. He said if Ces is on some snake shit or some underhand type shit, then moving to soon would fuck me up in the end. But again, you know Sin was on some snuff him type shit.”

“
How you wanna proceed?”

“I’m gon
’ take Ace’s route and find out for a fact before we make any sudden moves.”

“And if he is under
handing us?”

“I don’t know how I
’ll react, Mek, to be real with you. That nigga is like my brother.”

“He
’s my brother too, Samir, but this is business, it’s nothing personal, and we can’t have a snake in our ranks, bro, we just can’t,” Meko implored.

Just as Samir was about to respond
, Seven chirped them and told them that Kaiyah was about to give birth any second.

Meko and Samir dropped what they were doing and ran back up to the labor and delivery unit. Just as they approached Kaiyah’s room the
y heard the first cries of the new baby Black Corleone, and the three of them became emotional.

Although Seven was the only one allowed in the room at the time
, they made an exception and let his crew in to see his son.

Looking at the little boy Seven named Carson Chase Simmons, they all became emotional. They had been through it all since their middle school days. From
fist fights, to their first girlfriends, to joining the game, and now witnessing the birth of one of their children; it solidified the Black Corleones as more than a street crew; they were just as much family as any blood family could be.

Right then
they could feel their bond getting stronger as they each promised to always be there for Carson. Carson was lucky because he didn’t gain one father, he gained four. Meko, Chase and Samir made a vow to Seven that no matter what happened in their lives, Carson would always be taken care of.

Seven understood the loyalty his crew had for him
, but his joy would be short lived when Valli and Carlos sent each of them an urgent message.

“Man
, this shit can wait?” Samir said as got his chance to hold baby Carson for the first time.

“The message is about Cesar, SC.” Seven told him.

“Meko, go find out what the deal is,” Samir ordered.

“I’m on it bro.”

“Damn, I can’t believe you got a kid, Seven,” Chase said.

“Shit
, me either.”

“
You know that means Sev fuck with me the toughest, cuz’ he got my name as his middle name,” Chase Joked.

“Nigga
, fuck you, he only chose Chase as a middle name cuz’ he on some white boy shit. I mean, the little nigga name is Carson for Pete’s sake.”

“Don’t call this baby a nigga
, Samir,” Khloe quickly scolded him as she attended to Kaiyah.

“I’m sorry
, baby,” Samir joked as he kissed her forehead.

“I know
, you’re next, Samir.” Kaiyah said as she held her son for the first time.

“
Ummmm… girl, no we’re not having no baby anytime soon. I’m trying to graduate this summer, and I don’t see no ring on this finger,” Khloe jumped in.

“You don’t see a ring yet
,” Samir corrected.

In fact
, he was thinking of proposing to Khloe for quite some time now. They been together a few years and he walked around with a ring he brought in his pocket every day, just trying to work up the nerve to ask her.

He didn’t want to take away from Seven’s moment
, but he felt like this was just as good a moment as any. But just as he was about to get the courage to ask her, Meko walked in informing them that he needed them in the hallway ASAP.

“What’s up Meko?
I was just about to do something important,” Samir said.

“
I found out what’s been going on with Cesar.”

“Come o
n nigga, stop stalling. This Cesar bullshit interrupted the best day of my life… speak, my nigga,” Seven snapped.

“What’s up Mek, just tell us
,” Samir was afraid to hear the answer.

“Turns out Cesar been supplying the Oglesby
Boys with our work and keeping the money for himself. The extra work he takes on his re-up hasn’t been going to his sets, it’s been going to them niggas, but he’s not giving Valli the extra bread off top. Valli didn’t say anything at first because it was Cesar, and he thought it was something we were all aware of, but once Valli told him he had to talk to you before he gave him more than normal, Cesar’s reaction put him on alert,” Meko told them.

“Are you sure?” Samir asked.

“Come on SC, damn, we had niggas get on the job and this is what they found out. I know you don’t wanna believe it, but Cesar been real funny lately, my nigga, and you can’t deny that shit,” Meko barked.

“
How you want us to handle this shit, Samir?” Seven asked.

“I don’t want us to handle anything. I
’ll handle this myself,” Samir replied.

“No disrespect
, SC, but we’re a family and Cesar is fucking us as a family, so this ain’t something you gon’ handle on your own,” Chase spoke up.

“Chase
, seriously, let me deal with Cesar.”

“Sorry
, but we’re putting this to a vote. That’s how we do shit around here. This isn’t about you and Cesar, it's about us. So, all in favor of us handling this shit together, vote now,” Chase commanded.

“
I vote yay,” Meko went first.

“Yay
,” Seven voted.

“I vote hell yes!” Chase added. “That’s three to one
, SC. We’ll be handling this Cesar shit as a unit.”

Samir knew he couldn’t interject because this is the way they’ve always made their decisions.
He had to respect the fact that he was out voted, but this was more of a personal issue, rather than a family one. Cesar was his friend the longest, so Samir knew deep down this wasn’t a stab at the crew, this was jab at him. But he knew Meko, Seven, and Chase’s loyalty to him would never allow them to see it that way. They always had his back, and this would be no different.

Reality began to set in that
Cesar was really turning against him, and he was more hurt than angry.

“
What you want us to do about these Oglesby niggas?” Meko asked.

“Let’s hold off on them niggas
, cuz’ right now they think it’s sweet, they getting my work and ain’t paying for it; so what we gon’ do is cut the head off the beast and the rest of the body will fall.”

“
You wanna deal with Cesar?” Seven interjected.

“Exactly!”

“How you wanna go about it?” Chase asked.

“We gon
’ make Ces think we hit a drought; cut his sets completely off.  Let Valli know that nothing is to go out to Cesar or none of the sets he’s running. And when he come around, Valli is to tell him my pops cut us off because the boys are snooping again. It’s a precautionary measure. Eventually the nigga is gonna be in a pressure cooker situation, because them Oglesby Boys are snake niggas, and they gon’ wanna keep the deal they got going with Cesar, and when he can’t deliver, he gon’ have to come to us. Meko, you and Chase head to Atlanta to fuck with them boys and when y’all get back we gotta make a Houston run because they need a re-up and we’re gonna personally deliver it, but I’m gon’ have Khloe take it. Cesar gon’ be a part of that Houston trip and it’ll be his last trip as a Black Corleone, because when we get back we’re going to dismantle that crew and send Cesar a little message.”

“Not for nothing
, Joe, but I knew from day one that nigga Cesar was a snake, and now he just proved that his love ain’t loyal,” Meko added.